Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Governance Committee on amendments to the Chief Officer Appointments Process (attached).

Report AGREED by 43 votes to 5.

A report of the Governance Committee sought approval by Council of changes to the Chief Officer appointments process for non-permanent appointments. It was also proposed that the Staff Employment Procedure Rules be simplified and standardised to replace job titles with generic terms such as ‘Chief/Deputy Chief Officers and/or officers that fall under the JNC for Chief Executive Officers terms and conditions of employment’.

The report was AGREED by 43 votes to 5 (see division 2) and it was RESOLVED:

1.         That the proposals set out in paragraphs 7-9 of the report to Governance Committee for non-permanent appointments to senior posts that fall under the JNC for Chief Officers’ term and conditions of employment be agreed. The proposed changes to the Staff Employment Procedure Rules are shown as track changes in the document attached as Appendix 4 to these minutes.

2.      The amendment in terminology be agreed in Part 3, Section 1.2 of the Council’s Constitution and the Staff Employment Procedure Rules in Part 4 of the Constitution to replace job titles such as Director, Assistant Director and Head of Service with the generic terms of Chief/Deputy Chief Officer and/or officers that fall under the JNC for Chief Officers terms and conditions of employment as shown in track changes in the documents attached as Appendix 4 to these minutes.